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Dinwiddie County Sheriff’s Office (43 sworn officers) recently rolled out the newest tool in their “crime-fighting arsenal”; tip411.

Residents as well as other community members, will be able to anonymously submit tips directly to law enforcement.

“Our mission, through a partnership with the citizens of our community, is to provide the highest possible degree of protection for the County residents, guests and their properties,” Sheriff D.T. “Duck” Adams said in the announcement.

“We’ve been working on this for a few months now, and I am happy to see it finally go live. Our office relies heavily on tips from the public, and this is another way for citizens to help us fight crime in Dinwiddie County.”

More than 1,400 law enforcement, schools, and other government agencies decrease crime and increase community engagement by teaming up with tip411.

The public can submit anonymous tips to the Dinwiddie Sheriff’s Department by texting “DCSOTIP” and the tip information to 847411. The public can also use the DCSOTIP Tip mobile app, powered by tip411, to view community alerts and submit anonymous tips. The DCSOTIP Tip app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes and Google Play App Store.

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Eire, PA Police Department (173 sworn officers) has recently partnered with tip411 to help reduce crime and increase community engagement. 

Since the launch of the tip411 tool there have been 249 tips reported from not only the Byrne grant target area but all parts of the city.

This partnership provides another way for the public to reach out to law enforcement directly and anonymously about crime activity in their neighborhoods.

Alvento Chandler, the leader of the Erie crime-reduction initiative said part of the community outreach he is doing involves making people aware of tip411 and how they can pass along tips through it without picking up a phone and having someone ask the caller’s name or the caller’s name or number showing up on caller ID.

“I’ve done a lot of marketing, just informing the public and our business community partners that it is active and something the police obtain data on. Based on that data, they can refocus their efforts in certain areas where there is an increase in nefarious activity,” Chandler said.

The public can submit anonymous tips to the Erie PD by texting “ERIEPD” and the tip information to 847411. The public can also use the ERIEPD Tip mobile app, powered by tip411, to view community alerts and submit anonymous tips. The EIREPD Tip app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes and Google Play App Store.

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Bangor Police Department, ME (76 sworn officers) announced that it has partnered with tip411 to help reduce crime, improve crime-solving, and increase community engagement.

The tip411 tool allows users to submit anonymous tips, with images and videos, directly to Bangor PD. The tool has other capabilities including sending users crime alerts and community notifications.

“The app is going to be useful for interaction during an urgent situation,” Sgt. Jason McAmbley said, like when police need to notify the public about an active shooter. “It’s more reliable than social media because people will get factual information. The turnaround is really quick, which is important.”

Police can respond to anonymous tipsters in real time when tips come in.

We don’t know who we’re sending a message to, but they can respond to us if they are willing,” he said. “It’s what everybody is doing,” he said about releasing the app. “It’s simple. It’s easy. It’s anonymous. And it’s efficient.”

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The public can submit anonymous tips to the Bangor PD by texting “BPDTIP” and the tip information to 847411. The public can also use the BPDTIP Tip mobile app, powered by tip411, to view community alerts and submit anonymous tips. The BPDTIP Tip app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes and Google Play App Store.

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Atlantic City Police Department utilized the tip411 tool to track down and arrest an individual who was recorded striking a pitbull multiple times with a metal pipe on animal cruelty charges.

The video was received and sent through the anonymous tip411 system that provides citizens with a direct communication line to a live officer while remaining anonymous.

With the help of a citizen, the person of interest was identified, arrested and all animals were removed from their home. 

See the alert HERE. 

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An anonymous tip from a community member sent through the tip411 tool helped the Kokomo Police Department (89 sworn officers) identify a person of interest in a recent burglary.

The identification occurred after a local business was broken into and multiple smoking devices and miscellaneous items were stolen.

Kokomo PD released this photo through the tip411 tool asking the community to come forward and identify the individual.  

Multiple tips were received through tip411 which provided information that led to the identification of the person of interest. Police detained the individual with the tips received through tip411.

tip411 is proven to help improve community engagement for law enforcement agencies, schools, and other types of organizations. 

With assistance through the anonymous tip platform, tip411, community members can have open two-way communication with a live officer to increase crime prevention and improve crime solving. 

See the alert HERE.